Fun Facts About the Name Trigg
- 443 babies named Trigg: U.S. records list 443 babies given the name Trigg from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Trigg Mean?
Trigg is an English surname that is also used as a masculine given name. Its meaning is not single because the surname has more than one origin. One common explanation is a Middle English nickname from trig, meaning trusty, faithful, or true; the same word could also mean neat, trim, or smart. It comes from Old Norse tryggr, meaning trustworthy or safe. A person called Trigg might have been a dependable neighbor or a tidy person. A separate origin is habitational: some Trigg families took their name from the hundred of Trigg, an old administrative district in Cornwall. The meaning of that Cornish place name is uncertain. A third explanation links the surname to the Old Norse personal name Tryggvi, which shares the root tryggr. In that case the name means something like trusty one. These origins are distinct, so the nickname and personal-name lines give the sense trusty, while the Cornish place-name line remains obscure.
Trigg Name History & Origins
The name Trigg is best documented as an English surname before it became a given name. It appears in southwestern England, especially Cornwall and Devon, where the hundred of Trigg was a medieval administrative division. The surname is also found in other parts of England. The Middle English word trig was borrowed from Old Norse, so the nickname origin does not require Scandinavian ancestry; it could arise wherever that word was used. In Cornwall, a family might take the surname from the district itself, while elsewhere it more likely began as a nickname. As a first name, Trigg is a transferred use of the surname, part of the English-speaking custom of using family surnames as given names. The Cornish hundred was known as Trigg in the Middle Ages, but the exact meaning of that place name has not been settled.
How Popular is the Name Trigg?
Trigg has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2011. Its best rank was #2,543 in 2011.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,035 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #5,618 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #7,682 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #8,233 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #6,312 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2020 | #6,585 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #4,468 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #4,904 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #4,456 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #4,456 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #4,392 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #4,520 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #3,116 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2012 | #2,765 | 44 | 0.0023% |
| 2011 | #2,543 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 2010 | #3,518 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2009 | #3,820 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #8,959 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #9,706 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #10,573 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #13,218 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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